The Massachusetts men and women’s swim and dive team dominated Bryant University on Saturday while also celebrating its Senior Day. The Minutemen (1-1) won 172.5-115.5 and the Minutewomen (2-2) won 181-88.
Sophomore Andrew Bell got gold in both the one-meter and three-meter events. He broke his own school record for the men’s one-meter diving with a score of 409.05. Bell’s previous record was 397.28.
UMass put up a strong performance against Bryant (1-2), as the Minutewomen finished with 24 top-three wins and 12 individual first-place finishes, while the Minutemen collected 25 top-three wins and eight individual first-place finishes.
In the 200-yard backstroke, senior Megan Mitchell placed first with a time of 2:02.98 and senior Bri Williams got second with a time of 2:04.70. Freshman Ali Merone beat out Bryant junior Reagan Lord by 0.3 seconds to get third place with a time of 2:11.45, getting UMass the podium sweep for the event.
The UMass freshmen dominated the women’s 200-yard breaststroke with another podium sweep. Lindsay Burbage got first place with a time of 2:26.47, and right behind her was Beren Cakiroglu in second place with a time of 2:26.70. Diya Ackerman-Vallala came in third with a time of 2:28.83.
In the women’s 100-yard freestyle event, senior Caroline Mahoney finished in first place with a final time of 52.14. Freshman Olga Stoura followed closely behind and out-touched Bryant sophomore Jill Carline to finish second with a time of 54.42.
The Minutemen had some big wins in close races as well. In the men’s 100-yard freestyle, graduate student Emerson Kiefer placed first with a time of 47.65. Senior Juan Montori and Bryant junior Alex Rowson both finished with a time of 48.06, sharing third place. In the men’s 100-yard breaststroke, senior Jack Artis narrowly beat out Bryant graduate student Gustav Persson for first place with a time of 58.24.
In the 200-yard freestyle, Cakiroglu won with a 1:55.84 for the women and Montori finished with a 1:44.66 for the men. Williams placed first in the women’s 100-yard backstroke with a time of 57.79. In the 200-yard butterfly, Anna Kwon finished with a 2:06.29 and Charles Blanc won with a 1:55.05. In the 50-yard freestyle, Maggie Desmond ended with a 23.69 and Sammy Quigg finished with a 20.89. Summer Pierce finished with a time of 57.45 in the women’s 100-yard butterfly.
Both the Minutemen and Minutewomen won first place in the relay events. Mitchell, Burbage, Pierce and Desmond finished first with a time of 1:45.86 and Artis, Quigg, Beau Bengston and Grant Beebe and finished first with a time of 1:33.86 in the 200-yard medley relays. In the 200-yard freestyle relay, Ashley Calderon, Mitchell, Desmond and Mahoney got first with a final time of 1:36.37 and Aiden Shepston, Montori, Quigg and Beebe placed first with a time of 1:25.32.
The UMass divers also performed well against the Bulldogs. Graduate student Tommy Cotner placed second in both the one-meter and three-meter events, scoring 287.55 and 313.43 respectively. In the one-meter event, Bryant sophomore Chris Buonocore followed Cotner closely but fell to third place with a score of 282.00.
Shreeya Sinha represented the Minutewomen on the boards, placing second in both the women’s one-meter and three-meter events. It was a close meet between Sinha and Bryant freshman Megan Beasley, but Sinha fell four points short of Beasley and ended with a score of 242.48. On the three-meter, she finished with a score of 214.73.
Massachusetts returns to the pool for the Tate Ramsden Invitational in Hanover, New Hampshire on Jan. 19.
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